Sa Gbekele

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1 Gba t’a b’Oluwarin ninu ‘mole oro re,
Ona wa yio ti ma mole to!
Gba t’a ban se’fe Re, on y’o ma ba wa gbe,
At’ awon t’o ba gbeke won le.

Egbe:
Sa gbekele, ona miran kosi
Lati layo n’nu Jesu, jupe k’a gbekele.

2 Ko s’ohun to le de, loke tabi nile
Tole ko agbara re l’oju;
Iyemeji a’teru, ibanuje, ekun
Kole duro b’a ba gbekele. [Egbe]

3 Ko s’eru t’ale ru, ko s’aro t’a le pin
Ti ki y’o san ere re fun wa
Kosi arokan mo, tabi ifajuro
Sugbon ibukun b’aba gbekele. [Egbe]

4 A ko le f’enu so b’ife re ti po to
Titi a o f’ara wa rubo
Aanu ti o nfihan, at’ayo t’o nfun ni
Je t’awon to ba gbeke won le. [Egbe]

5 Nibi ‘pade ayo ka joko ni ese Re.
Tabi kajo rin ni ona Re.
Oun to so la o se, ibi to wu la o lo;
Kosi beru, ka sa gbekele. [Egbe]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15908

Author: John H. Sammis

John H. Sammis was born in Brooklyn. He moved to Logansport, Indiana when ye was 22, where he was converted to Christianity. He was active in the Y.M.C.A., serving as secretary for the Terre Haute Association and later becoming State Secretary. After this, he studied at Lane and McCormack seminaries and was ordained in the Presbyterian church at Glidden, Iowa. He also pastored churches in Indianapolis, Grand Haven, MI, Red Wing and St. Paul, Minn. In 1909 he became associated with the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He wrote more that 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Gba t’a b’Oluwarin ninu ‘mole oro re
Title: Sa Gbekele
English Title: When we walk with the Lord in the light of his word
Author: John H. Sammis
Translator: Anonymous
Language: Yoruba
Refrain First Line: Sa gbekele, ona miran kosi
Copyright: Public Domain

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One of the sturdiest of the some two thousand tunes Daniel Brink Towner (b. Rome, PA, 1850; d. Longwood, MO, 1919) composed, TRUST AND OBEY is also among the most popular. It is cast in the verse-refrain form typical of gospel hymns. Sing in harmony throughout. Though the use of a fermata in the re…

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